Overview
- NSW Fair Trading inspected about 1,800 service stations and issued 93 penalties, mostly for pump prices that did not match real‑time listings on the FuelCheck app.
- NSW will invest $2.2 million to upgrade FuelCheck after daily users jumped from roughly 10,000 to 500,000 as drivers hunted lower prices.
- Western Australia will require every regional outlet to report next‑day prices to FuelWatch from May 1, adding about 200 retailers who must post by 2pm and hold prices for 24 hours.
- WA lifted fines for FuelWatch non‑compliance from $1,000 to $4,000 and plans to mandate out‑of‑stock reporting to help track local shortages.
- WA also used emergency powers to compel major fuel companies to share supply chain data, while federal figures show dozens of stations have run dry, including 28 without diesel and 50 without unleaded.